Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Catches Fire in Woman's Purse, Lawsuit Filed

DJ Koh, Samsung's head of mobile division continued to reassure customers that the battery capacity present in the Galaxy Note 9 was not only larger, but it was also safer.

The South Korean electronics giant, the world's leading smartphone maker, unveiled its latest flagship Galaxy Note 9 in August.

Softpedia Newsreported that a lawsuit filed in NY states real estate agent Diane Chung was using her Galaxy Note 9 earlier this month when is started "getting really hot".

According to the lawsuit filed by Chung, she was in the elevator when her phone became extremely hot.

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Everyone remembers the ill-fated Samsung Galaxy Note7 saga all too well. She is also seeking orders to bar Samsung from selling the Galaxy Note 9. Moments later, she heard a "whistling and screeching sound" and saw that there was thick smoke emerging from the bag. At that time Chung was in an elevator that she stopped in panic, emptied the handbag, and kicked the still burning Galaxy Note 9, on which she had burned her fingers, out of the elevator. The phone was then dunked in a bucket of water (which just happened to be there luckily) by a random passerby not long after the lift stopped at the lobby.

No, not the disastrous, exploding Galaxy Note 7, which Samsungrecalled in 2016. The issue, which the company says is the only one reported, has triggered memories of the battery explosions in dozens of Galaxy Note 7 devices. To avoid future problems, the company created an eight-point inspection process for its batteries that, Samsungsaid, goes "well above and beyond the industry standard". For its part, Samsung told the Post that it has "not received any reports of similar incidents involving a Galaxy Note 9 device and [is] investigating the matter". "Users do not have to worry about the batteries anymore".

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